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Salad Bowl Set #264
Piece #264 - Spalted Hackberry - 10.5"dia by 6" - SOLD In April 2011 we had a big storm in Knoxville. Lots of trees blew down. This Hackberry tree came down on Nibben Ridge Road. I only picked up two pieces. Now I wish I had taken more.
Natural Bark Rim Bowl #263
Piece #263 - Bradford Pear - 10" dia by 6.5" - SOLD Large pieces of Bradford Pear are hard to come by. Unfortunately, two were blown down in our neighbor's yard in the spring of 2011. I happened by as the clean-up crew was loading it into their truck. I snagged some...
Bowl in a Bowl #242
Piece #242, Gunacaste (Ear Tree) - 11" dia. by 3 " - Sold This piece was something new. It is all one piece of wood. It is not glued together. Quite unique. Look at the tiny worm holes in the sap wood. Wow! Allowing both heart wood and sap wood to contrast is is so...
Square Bowl #241
Piece #241 - Spalted Maple - 13" dia x 5" - Sold This unusual bowl is square but it looks like the sides are concave. This bowl has a red and black inlaid band down near the inside bottom. It is called "Circle in a Square".
Sycamore Bowl #240
Piece #240 - Sycamore - 8" dia x 4" - Sold This Sycamore bowl has a natural edge. As you know, sycamore sheds its bark so there is no bark on this piece. However, it does have an unusual edge.
Salad Bowl and Treenware #258
Piece #258 - Magnolia with Calcite Inlay - Sold This Magnolia Salad Set is inlaid with green, white and clear Calcite. The Calcite is first crushed and sorted into five different sizes using kitchen strainers. The black comes from mixing the fine Calcite with black...
Finial Trinket Box #215
Piece #215 - Rosewood, Maple, Oak - 4" dia x 8" - Sold This piece was purchased at the Oak Ridge Secret City Festival. The finial is oak dyed black. The top is spalted maple and the bottom is Indian rosewood. It is finished with varnish.
Closed Form Piece #235
Piece #235 - Spalted Maple with InLace - 9" dia x 6" - SOLD This spalted maple form with the blue inlay rings is a unique piece. It is finished with clear shellac.
Natural Edge Small Bowl Piece #236
Piece #236 - Bradford Pear - 6.5" dia x 5.5" - Sold This piece came from the winds of the big storm of April 27. It was finished with clear shellac.
Natural Edge Form #237
Piece #237 - Bradford Pear - 6.5" dia. x 5.5" - Sold This Bradford Pear came from a neighbor"s yard after the storm on April 27th. I love the pinkish color of this wood. I turned this wood green. The crack came from the limb breaking off during the storm. It looks...
Natural Rim Pedestal Bowl #230
Piece #230 - Ambrosia Maple and Oak - 8" dia x 6" - Sold
Tall Vase with InLace Band #231
Piece #231 - Camphor - 5' dia x 10" - SOLD
Natural Edge Vessel #226
Piece #226 - Cherry - 4.5" dia x 4.5" - Sold This piece was sold on June 4th at the Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival.
Poplar Goblet #210
Piece #210 - Poplar - 3" dia x 7.5" - SOLD
Small Shallow Bowl #209
Piece #209 - Oak - 8.5" dia x 2.5" - Sold Sold this bowl June 4th at the Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival.
Wormy Bowl with Inlay Rim #232
Piece #232 - Unknown Wood - 11" dia x 5.5" - SOLD I don't know what this wood is. It came from Ben's wood cache. It was very old and quite dry. When I turned it a real fine, baby powder like, dust came out of the tiny worm holes. I used InLace to make the rim and...
Vessel with Inlay #229
Piece #229 - Walnut - 5.5" dia x 6" - Sold This walnut piece has several noteworthy accents. There is bark that runs from the top all the way down the side. It also has contrasting inlay around the bottom.
Rustic Bowl with Bark #233
Piece #233 - Camphor - 9.5" dia x 4.5" - Sold This piece was purchased on June 4th at the Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival.
Walnut Bowl #234
Piece #234 - Walnut with red InLace - 11" dia x 4.5" - Donated to Star This walnut bowl was made from a piece of wood that Ben Benjamin gave me. I got a truck load of walnut from him. This piece had two knot holes which I filled with red InLace. I used Tung Oil and...
Natural Rim Vase #225
Piece #225 - Orange Osage - 4" dia x 5" - Sold Sold this one at the Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival on June 4th.
Black Walnut Bowl #220
Piece #220 - Black Walnut - 10" dia x 4" - SOLD
Deep Natural Edge Bowl #222
Piece #222 - Spalted Maple - 8" dia x 8" - SOLD I did a presentation for the Maryville, TN Arts and Crafts Guild in March. It was a big success. I had several people give me seasoned wood that they had in their yard. The material for this bowl came from Rose Marie in...
Natural Rim Deep Bowl #221
Piece #221 - Black Walnut - 6.5" dia x 6" - SOLD This small, natural rim, walnut bowl was made from a huge walnut tree that once stood in Dean Enos's front yard - until nature took it down. Dean and Joyce Enos live in Greenback, TN. I met them at the Foothills Mall...
Hackberry Open Form with Bark #218
Piece #218 - Hackberry - 9" dia x 6" - SOLD We had a really bad storm come through Knoxville on April 27, 2011. A lot of trees were destroyed. This piece comes from a huge Hackberry tree that blew down at 8623 Nubbin Ridge Road. I picked up enough Hackberry for about...